Isabel Oakeshott , journalist and broadcaster and former political editor of the Sunday Times, said the people who benefit from Rachel Reeves’s Budget are the “people who do the least, so basically benefits claimants”. Appearing on TalkTV on Thursday evening, Oakeshott asked: “How many young people are supposedly too sick to work and being supported by the state?” READ MORE: Police Scotland staff reject pay offer and warn of strikes “These figures are absolutely off the chart, and they are completely unjustified. “By not announcing such a crackdown, Rachel Reeves basically turned this into a Budget of removing resources from those who work in order to keep on sustaining those who, frankly, can't be bothered to get out of bed and get themselves out, whether it's to an office or to any kind of job, and prefer to just sit on the sofa and order their Deliveroo and drive their Motability free vehicle and take everything that the state can offer.
“The state, that is people like you and me and our very many listeners who are grafting just to try to make ends meet. “Basically these people are, frankly, parasites.” Oakeshott was condemned by disability equality charity Scope, which said the comments were “utterly disgraceful”.
James Taylor, executive director of strategy and social change at Scope, said: “Isabel Oakeshott’s views on people who claim benefits belong in the past. READ MORE: Met Office reveals when and where Northern Lights 'may be visible' th.
